Asian Paper Jewelry Class

Name: Asian Paper Jewelry Class
Start: 2026-02-07T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-08T16:00:00-05:00
Location: 970 Inspiration Drive, Wilmington, NC, United States, North Carolina 28405

Schedule

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

970 Inspiration Drive, Wilmington, NC, United States, North Carolina 28405 | Wilmington, NC

Have you ever wanted to work with handmade papers? This class, taught by local artist Jan Wutkowski, teaches an Asian paper sculpting technique, called Joomchi, to create unique jewelry. Joomchi is the traditional Korean method of creating textured and colored paper using Hanji (Korean mulberry paper), water, and hand processes. Many layers of Hanji are made from mulberry fiber, fused together with water, by rubbing, squeezing, and agitating with the hands, causing the fibers to tangle and adhere firmly to each other, similar to the felting process. This ‘felted’ paper product, called Joomchi, is both beautiful and strong and will be used in the class to create unique jewelry.
Paper jewelry? Yes, it is extremely tear-proof and can be stitched, painted, beaded, and cut into shapes for numerous styles. We will be making earrings, and showing examples of necklaces as another way to use Joomchi for personal adornment.
This is a class for students of all levels and is not a paper-making class. $160 tuition, with all supplies are included in cost of tuition. The class meets two consecutive days from 1 pm-4 pm.
Jan Wutowski has taught at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (TN), Peters Valley School of Craft (NJ), Mendocino (CA) Art Center, New Orleans Opera, Spruill Center for the Arts (GA), Southwest School of Art (TX) Brookfield Craft Center (CT), Art League School (VA), and numerous ateliers in the USA, Ireland, Australia, France, England. She has been creating Joomchi for around 8 years.
For more information and to register, visit
https://aibgallery.com/classes/asian-paper-jewelry/